Jeff Brantley

Jeff Brantley PitcherBorn: September 5, 1963(1963-09-05) (age 44)
Florence, AlabamaBatted: Right Threw: Right MLB debut August 5, 1988
for the San Francisco GiantsFinal game May 23, 2001
for the Texas RangersCareer statistics Wins- Losses 43-46 Saves 172 Strikeouts 728 Teams

Career highlights and awards

All-star (NL) (1990)
Rolaids Relief Man of the Year (NL) (1996)
Led NL in Saves (44) in 1996

Jeffrey Hoke (Jeff) Brantley, (born September 5, 1963 in Florence, Alabama), is a former relief pitcher with a 14 year career from 1988 to 2001.

1 Collegate career
2 Major league career
3 Broadcasting career
4 Personal
5 See also
6 External links

Collegate career

Brantley played college baseball at Mississippi State University, where he was a teammate of Will Clark, Rafael Palmeiro and Bobby Thigpen on a Bulldog team that participated in the 1985 College World Series. He is the co-holder of the SEC record for career wins by a pitcher with 45, along with University of South Carolina and Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Kip Bouknight.

Major league career

He played for the San Francisco Giants, Cincinnati Reds, St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies, all of the National League, and the Texas Rangers of the American League.

An All-Star in 1990, Brantley led the National League in 1996 with 44 saves.

Broadcasting career

Brantley was a color commentator for ESPN broadcasts of Major League Baseball games and an in-studio contributor for Baseball Tonight from 2002 through 2006. In 2007, he joined the radio broadcast team of the Cincinnati Reds on WLW 700 AM, joining Marty Brennaman and Thom Brennaman and the FSN Ohio television broadcast team with Chris Welsh and George Grande.

Personal

He and his wife are the parents of one daughter, Emily [6-7-88] and one son, Murphy [11-13-90]. Jeff lettered in 3 sports at Berry High School in Hoover, Alabama.

External links

Baseball Reference

Preceded by
Randy Myers National League Saves Champion
1996
(with Todd Worrell) Succeeded by
Jeff ShawPreceded by
Tom Henke National League Rolaids Relief Man of the Year
1996Succeeded by
Jeff Shaw

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